Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper card, Ink, Pen
Measurements
142 x 99 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749075.7
Summary
Christmas Card - one of a collection in a white envelope Front: Right opening card, A picture of Madonna and child on a donkey set into a frame within a highly patterned oblong bordered in white. Inside left - White card printed in black ink in the centre the title of the picture: ' "THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT" From a 15th century French Book of Hours by kind permission of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery'. Bottom left; 'Sold in aid of Save the Children Mary Datchelor House 17 Grove Lane, London SE5 8RD'. Inside right - the verse reads; 'With Christmas Greetings and all Good Wishes for the New Year' the message is handwritten in blue biro and reads; 'Best wishes from Harry, Hilary & Amy'. Back - plain white card with ' C 51 83223 2 printed in U.K.' in the bottom left corner and a five pointed star above the central peak of a crown with '12E' beneath in the bottom right corner, both in black ink.